1690 in Scotland explained

Events from the year 1690 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Incumbents

4 January – Glasgow is re-chartered as a royal burgh with power to elect its own officials^[1]
25 April – the Parliament of Scotland passes an Act to abolish episcopy in the presbyterian Church of Scotland. The Anglican Episcopal Church in Scotland continues as a separate denomination, retaining bishops. The Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland also forms
30 April–1 May – defeat at the Battle of Cromdale effectively ends the Jacobite uprising
9 October – Royal Navy frigate HMS Dartmouth is wrecked in the Sound of Mull while on a mission to persuade the MacLeans of Duart to sign articles of allegiance to William III and Mary II
Rev. Robert Kirk produces An Biobla Naomhtha, a pocket Bible translation into Scottish Gaelic (in Roman characters) adapted from William Bedell's Classical Gaelic translation of the Old Testament and William Daniel's of the New Testament, published in London
Hearth Tax abolished
The whisky distillery at Ferintosh, Black Isle, becomes the first to operate legally